Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
!. M. FUTILE EXPOSED.
DoEaethtng About tho Man who Proposes
to Insult President Cleveland.

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to Insult President Cleveland.
Who is =" General " j. NJ. Tuttle, of
Iowa? The circumstances that excite
public interest in this question are
briefly as follows: There is soon to be
large gathering of Union veterans at
st. Louis. Prominent citizens, think
ing the occasion favorable one to
carry out resolution which they had
formed last year. appointed a delega-
ton to wait on the President and in
vite him to be present. The commit
tee went to Washington. extended the
invitation and were informed by Mr..
Cleveland that if nothing untoward
happened it would give him great
pleasure to accept. When the news
of the Presidents favorable reply was
received it made every body feel hap
Ply, with the exception of a small band
of incorrigibles, of whom =" General ;"
j. M. Tuttle seems to be the self-ap-
pointed mouth-piece. 1t threw them
into state of liberation and the Cen
eral on his own and their behalf imme-
diately declared that if Mr.. Cleveland
attended the St Louis encampment he
and his fellows would snub and in
suit him, for the reason that they
couldn't abide comprehend Presi-
dent" Furthermore he denounced
and assaulted with great energy of jaw
both General Cox, of Ohio, and Gen
eral Chamberlain. of Maine.
Who, then, is this General" j. NJ.
Tuttle, of Iowa, whose overlooking
loyalty takes such umbrage at the
courtesy extended to Mr.. Cleveland by
the citizens of st. Louis? To-day he is
an obstrcperous member of the legion
of Iowa veterans, but twenty-four years
ago, when the country was at the white
heat of war, he was the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Iowa. Against
him the Republicans had placed in
nomination William M. Stone. The
Iowa soldiers in the field were called
upon to say which of these two candi-
dates they preferred. Five regiments
voted in obedience to the call. 1t must
have been a trying crisis for the super
sensitive futile. These men were his
neighbors They had watched his
course, studied his character and knew
him thoroughly. Their decision would
stamp the quality of that loyalty
which, after nearly quarter
of century, he ventures to
set above the loyalty of soldiers like
Generals Cox and Chamberlain. When
the ballots were counted it appeared
that Tuttle had received just 40 votes,
while his opponent obtained 1,60S.
Later on, during the piping days of
recons truction, when the strength of
every public mans devotion to the
Union cause was tested in the alembic |
of a fierce public opinion, Tuttle chal-
lensed a second ordeal. Then the |
gallant Maine soldier whom he |
now denounces had just been |
elected Governor of his native |
State by an unprecedented majority, !
and of the enthusiastic convention |
Of soldiers and sailors assembled at |
Pittsburgh on the 25th of September, |
1866, General Cox was chairman.
That convention passed resolutions ex-
pressing joy that the great mass of |
those who had worn the uniform op-
posed the policy of Andrew John
son. Perhaps it is the memory of this |
that gives edge to the Bit |
terness of Tuttle's attack on General |
Cox, for the former was at this very |
time delegate to the Philadelphia |
gathering of so-called Andrew John
son ''Copperheads," and also the
-.Copperhead' candidate for Congress
from the Fifth District of Iowa.
In the face of such record, Tuttlc's |
threat to ..snub and insult" Mr.. Cleve- |
land, and his audacity in accusing him
of being ''copperhead President"
are the very absurdity of malevolence.
He is an example of class of men
who seek to atone for their doubtful |
loyalty in the days when the Nations |
life was at stake by exhibiting an ex-
aggcrated spirit of devotion after the
danger and conflict are over. The |
fraud betrays itself by the excuses to
which it goes. The distrust of Tuttle |
which the Iowa soldiers showed by |
their vo ties in the field is doubly iusti-
fled by his post 6eIlmna impudence and
folly. 1t is fair assumption that his
heart was not in the cause and that
the reckfessness with which he now
assails veterans of unimpeachable 10y |
atty is proof of the dislike which a
pretender always feels for sincere and |
honest men. -BrOokty.s Eagle.
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